Wait, Catholics DO Worship Mary???

In a recent video on ‪@TheCounselofTrent‬, Catholic Answers apologist Trent Horn said that Catholics worship Mary. Whoa – pump the brakes! Isn’t that heresy? Were Catholic apologetics just set back a few centuries? Or is there something more important to understand here? I go into this issue more here: With One Accord: Affirming Catholic Teaching…

Should Protestants Believe in Jesus’ Resurrection?

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the foundation of the Christian faith and it has numerous lines of historical evidence supporting it. However, while all Christians believe in Jesus’ resurrection, not all believe in Mary’s appearances. Here I look at what happens if the same kinds of evidence used to argue for Jesus’ resurrection is…

How Pope Francis is Keeping Me Catholic

Homosexual Unions… Capital Punishment… Atheism… Pachamama… Controversial statements made by Pope Francis have caused even faithful Catholics to divide over how to respond. Here I discuss my thoughts on how these controversies may actually strengthen confidence in the infallibility of the Church (whether the Pope is right or wrong!).

Does Ephesians 2:8-9 Teach Salvation By Faith Alone?

My video on why James 2:24 should destroy Protestantism was very popular and generated a massive amount of discussion. Although its main point (that everyone bases their theology on interpretive traditions and not what just on what the Bible says) was largely missed, though, as many opted to simply try to answer my “prooftext” with…

Can We Understand the Bible Without the Church? (A Discussion with Author Casey Chalk)

We’ve all heard the Catholic claim that the Protestant reliance on Sola Scriptura (the “Bible Alone”) has only caused division in the Church and heresy to become acceptable – but is there a deeper, more important issue? In his book “The Obscurity of Scripture: Disputing Sola Scriptura and the Protestant Notion of Biblical Perspicuity,” author…